Egosi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Egosi plotted against Ekiti and Nigeria. The SNDi of new construction in Egosi peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Ekiti which rose steadily and Nigeria which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Egosi's incremental SNDi fell from 6.61 to 6.31 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Egosi ranked 15th out of 17 cities in Ekiti and 320th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

• Didwana, India
• Berdychiv, Ukraine
• Bilwi, Nicaragua
• Kadayanallur, India
• Umm Kaddada, Sudan
• Sindagi, India

While Didwana and Kadayanallur both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Egosi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full network, Egosi and Didwana both became progressively more disconnected, while Kadayanallur fluctuated in connectivity. Egosi and Didwana have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.